When King Henry the VIII re-dictated the ‘Divine Right of Kings’ from God to himself, he set forth events that would culminate on the battlefield of Culloden, almost two hundred years after his death. By implanting the new policy, he laid bare one of the variables for the wars that came to pass, religious doctrine as one, in regards to the rightful claimants for the throne of Britain.
Parliament verses Kings
1688- Glorious Revolution; William the II invited by parlament to save England from Catholicism, James II flees to France
1689- Convention of Parliament; issues Bill of Rights, establishes a constitutional monarchy in Britain and bars Roman Catholics from the throne. William the III and his wife, Queen Mary, (James II daughter) become the joint monarchs of England and Scotland
